Stove-leg caster.



A. V. CULVER.

STOVE LEG (EASTER.

-APPLIUATION FILED MAY 16, 1913v ""13 J m 1 2r 76 5 17 AlberZlTCuZvcfi INVENTOR,

WITNESSES 444M BY W I? ATTQRNEY minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims,'may he resorted to withacaste'r, constructed in accordance with this invention, 1 designates a. stove le provided improve the construction of stove lo cal caster of strong and UNITED STATES, PA TENT OFFICE.

LBERT V. GUI IVER, OF FRANKFURT, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO VALENTINE.C.

ALEXANDER, 0F FRANKFORT, INDIANA.

STOVE-LEG ULSTER.

Specification of To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, ALBERT V. Comm, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Frankfort, inthe county of Clinton and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Stove-Leg Caster, of which the following is a specification.

'The invention relates to improvements in stove leg casters.

The object of the present invention is to casters, cheap an practi durable construction, adapted to be normally concealed from view in position for instant use and capable when the stove'leg is lifted o .the floor or' other supporting surface of automatically dropping into operative osition.

A further-chant of t e invention is to provide a stove leg casterof this character, adapted to be-readily applied to and. re moved from a. stove leg, and which when connected therewith will not be liable to hecome separated therefrom and lost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being UDdBI'BtOOdlh-flt various changes in the form, proportion, size and and to provide a simple,

out depai'tin from the spirit or sacrificing rm of the a vantages of the invention.

n the drawing :-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a'stove leg provided with invention. Fi 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.. Fi 4 is u simi: lar view on the line 44 of 1g. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the caster and the stem.

Likev numerals of reference designate correspohding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawin in which is illustrated the preferred embo iment of the with a hollow lower portion iaving an openin composed of a lower vertical relatively ar e cyIindIicalpQrtion 2, and an Letters Iatent.

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ter is not in use. The caster 4 comprises a -drical opening 2 and rotate therein, and a roller 6 mounted on a horizontal axle or pivot 7 between depending portions or'ears 8 of the stock. The stock 5 is rovided with a central vertical opening 9 or the reception of a lower vertical ivot 10 of an iiielined stem 11. The pivot 10, which is formed integral with the stem 11 extends through the opening 9 of the steel; and is secured therein'by a key 12 or othersuitable fastening device, a washerlS being preferably interposed between the same and the stock. The stem is provided at the upper end of the pivot witha horizontal collar or enlargement 14, formin a'shoulder against which the stock fits. The roller 6, which is eccentrically arranged with relation w the stock 5 to enable it to trail similar to the roller of an ordinary caster, is of a size to be received within the lower cylindrical ortion 2 of the'opening of the hollow leg. he caster is adapted to rotate on the pivot, and it is supported in its pivotal movement by the walls of the cylindrical lower portion of the opening of the stove l The inclined stems of a length to exten upwardl into the up er portion 3 of the open ng of t e leg when t e caster is at the limit of its down ward movement, and the said 11 per portion 3 of the opening is ofa so cient di- -ameter to ermit a relative transverse movement of t estem incident to the vertical movement of the caster. The stem is pro-' vided in its upper portion with a threaded opening 15 for the reception pf a reduced threaded portion 16 of a screw 17, havin It squared outer end 18 and operating in a s at in the rear wall or portion of thestovezlegs upper inc ined portion 3 of less diameter than the lower portion, which is adapted to house and conceal a caster 4 when the lathaving an upwardly extending terminal forming a recess 21 to engage with the screw 17, whereby the caster is supported in its patented Apr. 7, ion.

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extended operative position. The screw is adapted to slide upwardly and downwardly in the slot of the leg, and when the leg is lifted, the caster drops by gravity and the screw slides downwardly in the inclined portion of the slot and is guided by the lower curved portion of the slot to a position to automatically engage with the said recess 21 when the leg is lowered and allowed to be supported by the caster. When the pressure of the leg is removed from the caster, the screw drops out of engagement with the recess and is adapted to be readily turned to permit it to slide upwardlyin the inclined portion 19 of the slot. The lower cylindrical portion of the opening of the leg and the upper inclined portion of the opening are of sufiicient length to permit the caster to be housed entirely within the hollow leg, when the latter is lowered to permit it to rest upon the floor or other supporting surface. Vhile the caster is shown applied to a stove leg, yet it may be advantageously employed as a leg caster for various other articles, especiallywhere the caster is subjected to a heavy weight or strain.

l-Vhat is claimed is 1. A device of the class described including a le provided with an opening having a cylin rical guiding and bearing portion,

a caster movable upwardly and downwardly in the said opening and provided with a substantially cylindrical stock fitting the said cylindrical portion of the opening and braced by the walls thereof, astem'havin on the lower end thereof a pivot arranged centrally of the cylindrical portion of the opening and extending through the stock;

Copies of this patent may be obtained for the latter bein freely rotatable on the said stein within the said opening and the caster being received wholly within the said opening to permit the leg to rest upon a supporting surface, and means carried by the stem and engaging the leg for maintaining the caster in a, projected position.

2. A device of the class described including a leg provided with an opening having a lower cylindrical guiding and bearing portion and provided with a reduced upper portion, said leg being also provided with a slot located opposite the upper portion of the said opening and provided with an extended lower portion forming a recess, a caster movable upwardly and downwardly in the said opening and having a substantially cylindrical stock fitting the' lower cylindrical 01'- tion of the said opening, a stem exten ing into the upper portion of the opening and provided on its lower end with a pivot on which the cylindrical stock is mounted, and a. pin mounted on the stem and extending into the slot of the leg and adapted to engage with the said recess to maintain the caster in a projected position, said pin being also movable upwardly in the said slot to carry the caster wholly within the opening of the leg to permit the latter to rest upon a supporting surface.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afllxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT V. CULVER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. Hines, ARTHUR MoKINsnY.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Yatents, Washington, D. C."

Correction Letters P afent No. l ,092 ,808"

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

I t' is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,092,808, granted April 7, 1914, upon the application of Albert V. Culver, of Frankfort, Indiane, for an improvement in Stove-Leg-Casters, was erroneously issued to Valentine Alexander, as assignee of the entire inherest in said invention, whereas said Letters Patent should have been 'issued to the inventor, said Gainer and Valentine 01 Alexander, said Alexander being owner ofone hazf interest only in said invention, as shown by the records of assign ments in t-hie OHice, and the saidLetterePatent should be read wifih this' corree Sig necl'and sealed this 12th day of May, A. D., 191 4.

[SEAL] v J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

tiomtherein that the same may -conform to the reeord of the ca se in the Patent 

